By Usman Khan

The Post-coup violence has put more than one million people displaced in Myanmar amid fighting rages which is producing perilous results for these people. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the collapse of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government on February 1, 2021.

The Civilian militias are fighting against the overthrow of crossways the country, and the military government is replying with assaults razing villages, mass extrajudicial killings, and air attacks on civilians.

These also include those who have been affected by long-running conflicts with ethnic rebel groups along with the Thai and Chinese borders, and a large number of Rohingya Muslims also forced to flee from their homes during a brutal 2017 crackdown against them.

Since the coup, more than 12,000 civilian properties are assessed to have been burned or destroyed with the approaching monsoon rains menacing more misery and plight for those living in displacement camps. More than 300,000 of those displaced since the coup were from the northwestern Sagaing region alone, where civilian fighters clash regularly with the military.

In May 2021 in Kayah State, a charitable crisis has been renewed as armed conflict broke with six of the state’s seven townships now affected by intense fighting, tens of thousands of people have been forced to escape their homes. Some have sought security at places of worship and community centers, while others are hiding in the suburbs and jungle.

Across Myanmar, regular clashes and skirmishes are occurring between the Myanmar Armed Forces, ethnic and other local armed groups, followed by waves of fresh displacement. Since the military takeover on 1 February 2021, some 440,000 people have been forced to flee due to airstrikes, shelling, and burning of villages, more than half of them in the south-east of the country, with Kayah and Kayin States which have been the worst affected.

The Humanitarian access in many parts of Myanmar remains restricted due to insecurity, roadblocks and challenges in obtaining access approvals. As a result, host communities and local responders continue to play a leading role in assisting displaced populations demonstrating solidarity with the displaced persons.

The junta authorities had already cut off the mobile data services across much of Sagaing and neighboring Magway in a bid to stop their access to the world. The area is a hotspot for regime brutalities and there are “severe restrictions and blockades” which badly affect the transport of rice, medicine, and fuel to the affected people. There remains a dire need for health services, food, relief items, and shelter in these areas. Efforts to end the crisis are becoming declining with the passage of time due to the inhuman attitude of the Myanmar army.

An “agreement” was made last year by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which aimed to facilitate the dialogue between the military and its opponents in order to deliver humanitarian aid. However, which has been largely ignored by the military government which wants to use it as an economic barrier to its opponents in a bid to suppress them from starvation.

In March, military government chief Senior General said the military would “annihilate until the end its opponents”. More than 1,800 people have been killed and nearly 13,000 arrested in the military’s crackdown due to civilian rebellion since the coup beside it, more than 100 journalists have been arrested to contain the freedom of the press.

On Friday, a court in Myanmar punished previous leader Aung San Suu Kyi with five years in jail after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her for supposedly accepting gold and money payments totaling $600,000. However, she has denied the charges and called the allegations “ridiculous and fabricated”.

All these precarious conditions affected Myanmar and demanded the international community to help and protect them. There is a question if NATO can attack on mainly Muslim countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria on lame excuses to pursue its agenda then why the US lead NATO cannot interfere in to Myanmar to save the civilians from the barbarity of the Myanmar regime.